Gibbon, John, 1827-1896
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Gibbon, John, General, 1827-1896.
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Officer in United States Army, commander in Indian campaigns against Sitting Bull and Chief Joseph.
Major General in U.S. Army during Civil War; commander in Indian campaigns.
American soldier.
John Gibbon, born near Philadelphia, served as a Civil War brigadier-general of volunteers in the Union Army. He commanded troops at second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredricksburg, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and other battles of the Army of the Potomac.
Following the Civil War, Gibbon became an officer in the regular army with duty mostly in the West.
Career army officer.
West Point graduate John Gibbon was born near Philadelphia in 1827 and raised in Charlotte, N.C. Prior to the Civil War, Gibbon served in the Seminole War, at western garrisons, and at West Point, where he wrote the Artillerist's manual (1860). Gibbon participated in numerous Civil War battles and was promoted by war's end to major-general of volunteers. Appointed colonel of the 7th Infantry in 1866, Gibbon was stationed in the Montana Territory. There, during the Sioux wars, he commanded an expedition to rescue Little Big Horn survivors, and during the Nez Percé War of 1877, he attacked Chief Joseph's sleeping encampment on the Big Hole River, Aug. 9, 1877. In that surprise attack, Gibbon's outnumbered forces dealt the Nez Percé a serious blow, killing eighty-nine, including women and children. In 1885, Gibbon was promoted to brigadier general and given command of the Dept. of the Columbia. He retired in 1891.
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Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
Appomattox Campaign, 1865
Appomattox, Surrender at, 1865
Big Hole, Battle of the, Mont., 1877
Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, 1862
Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863
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Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
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